pangaea- means 'all land'- or that all continents were together. contimental drift- moveing of the continents apart. fossil- a trace of ancient organion that has been preserved.
Outline
Into
Africa and South America look like a jigsaw puzzle pieces that could fit together.
The theory of continental drift
1910 Alfred Wegener
hypotheas was that continents were once joined together
300 million years ago
evidence from landfroms
mountains
lined up South America and Argentina
coalfields
Europe coalfields with North America
evidence from fossils
formed common dinosaur fossils and plants foaails
evidence from climate
current places in the world had the opposite climate
hot places had rocks scrathed chach indicated glactes were once there
Scientist reject Wengener's theory
lacked an explaction about how or when the continental drifted
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1-3 Drifting continents
Vocabulary
pangaea- means 'all land'- or that all continents were together.
contimental drift- moveing of the continents apart.
fossil- a trace of ancient organion that has been preserved.
Outline
Into
- Africa and South America look like a jigsaw puzzle pieces that could fit together.
The theory of continental drift- 1910 Alfred Wegener
- hypotheas was that continents were once joined together
- 300 million years ago
- evidence from landfroms
- mountains
- lined up South America and Argentina
- coalfields
- Europe coalfields with North America
- evidence from fossils
- formed common dinosaur fossils and plants foaails
- evidence from climate
- current places in the world had the opposite climate
- hot places had rocks scrathed chach indicated glactes were once there
Scientist reject Wengener's theory